You will be part of our Global Network Services team responsible for implementing maintaining and optimizing our regional/local network infrastructure ensuring high network performance/reliability and delivering critical network services to meet business goals.
Key responsibilities:
- Provide support to plan build and manage complex Manufacturing/Office LAN/WAN/VPN and wireless infrastructure.
- Implement changes to hardware and/or software that improve network performance speed and connectivity.
- Troubleshoot network issues including BGP OSPF VLAN Spanning Tree WAN network hardware/software wireless etc.
- Align with Global Network Services team to incorporate company standards and preferred practices into local site network builds.
- Ensure local/regional network infrastructure is properly monitored. Act as point of contact and Subject Matter Expert to respond to network incidents/service requests according to Service Level Agreements.
- Partner with Security or Cyber Defense team to fix detected vulnerabilities with systems and users to maintain high security standard.
- Interact/communicate with vendors service providers peers stakeholders and business units for effective integration/operations of services and systems.
- Plan and participate in IT projects and Maintenance Window activities.
- Maintain close collaboration with other global IT functional teams.
Qualifications :
- Minimum 4 6 years professional experience in Network Routing Switching Wireless and Network Security.
- Good understanding of network design practices from small office to large campus.
- Handson experience and knowledge in networking technologies/solutions including BGP OSPF HA VLAN Spanning Tree EtherChannel QoS WAN etc.
- Good understanding of data center networking technologies and solutions including Cisco/Arista switches WAN routers structured cabling etc.
- Good communication skills on technical and nontechnical concepts.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to establish professional working relationships with varying levels of both business and technical personnel.
- Good understanding of network utility services including TFTP FTP DNS DHCP NTP SNMP SYSLOG etc.
- Excellent documentation skills that can clearly articulate technical designs issues and constraints procedures and network assessments.
- Good project management analytical and problem determination/resolution skills.
- Proactive and resourceful.
- Familiar with network scanning/analysis procedures and toolsets for network readiness assessments.
- Experience working in a manufacturing environment is a plus.
- Technical certification such as CCNA or equivalent is preferred.
Additional Information :
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime